Volunteers required from April to end of September for general art gallery duties.

Foróige and The Drum Youth Centre, MacDonagh Junction are looking for volunteers to help in their work with young people.  Interested adults should make contact for more details.

Kilkenny SPCA, simply because we care.  KSPCA looks after the welfare of animals.  Some animals are fostered.  Volunteers are needed for fostering and fund-raising.

KTCM assists and supports Traveller children of primary and secondary school age, in the Hebron and Wetlands areas of Kilkenny city, to do their homework. KTCM also provides recreational, cultural and social activities to the 60 participating children. Volunteers who are interested in work experience and looking to a career in social care, childcare or teaching are welcome to apply. Teaching skills are not required.

Kilkenny Volunteering Information Service is a service for individuals who wish to volunteer some of their free time and for organisations/groups that need voluntary support. The overall aim of service is to increase the numbers volunteering in the County and to promote volunteering as a rewarding and fulfilling activity.

People looking to volunteer can register their details through the Service.  Organisations looking for volunteers can also register their details.  The Service helps match people with suitable volunteering opportunities.

L'Arche is a group of over 130 worldwide communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together in community. There are plenty of opportunities to become involved as a volunteer. Be a friend or help us with fund-raising.
 

The Society provides one to one support and support groups for people with MS and their families. We provide information on symptom management. Exercise programmes are held from time to time. Volunteers are needed to support the local voluntary branch.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul fundraises to assist those in need.  Their work is carried out in a manner that respects the dignity of the individual and all requests for assistance are treated in the strictest confidence.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul has groups called Conferences in areas of the county.  From time to time the various Conferences of the Society need additional volunteers.  It’s a wonderful way to give something back.

The Meet and Greet Volunteer Service at St Luke’s General Hospital assists and supports members of the public when visiting the hospital. The main role of Meet and Greet volunteers is to provide a friendly welcome to the hospital assisting and guiding visitors and patients to the various wards, departments and clinics in the hospital. Volunteers also visit patients, read newspapers to patients, play cards, facilitate a walk in the hospital grounds, assist with feeding for less able patients, operate a library service to the wards, etc.

The Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny is a homeless charity that provides support and re-settlement services (emergency and long term accommodation) with the aim of returning people to sustained, independent living.  For the past twenty years Good Shepherd have primarily provided a service to men experiencing homelessness, or at risk of becoming homeless.  However in 2019 they started catering for homeless families, couples and women.  To raise much-needed funds, the Organisation runs a variety of events throughout the year, e.g.